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The writer-producer also wrote for Committed and The Stephanie Miller Show and produced A Different World from 1987 to 1988.
Anne Beatts, the creator of CBS sitcom
Square Pegs and an original writer of
Saturday Night Live, has died. She was 74.
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of
SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. Our Anne an OG SNL writer passed away yesterday, Newman wrote. Anne was a pioneer she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn t come before them but overall, she was my friend my heart is completely broken, film producer Rona Edwards, a colleague of Beatts at Chapman University and a friend, added in a statement. She was one of a kind and no one can ever replace her wit, her wisdom, and her talent, but to me, nothing can ever replace her friendship and humanity.
Anne Beatts, Saturday Night Live writer and creator of Square Pegs, dies at 74
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Anne Beatts, Saturday Night Live writer and creator of Square Pegs, dies at 74
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